Undergraduate

Welcome to Our Program

New Students (starting September 2013)

In order to have access to the registration system you must sign-up for an advising session. If you do not attend an advising session, you will not be able to register.SIGN UP FOR ADVISING APPOINTMENT

The advising sessions regarding registration for your philosophy courses will be held in

PR-100, 2100 Mackay Street.  To view the Advising Session Dates you must sign up for advising.

If you have any questions please contact Mary Marciniak

Advising Session Power Point Information

In the meantime, in order to prepare for registration you must select courses from stage I of the Philosophy Major Program. 

• The class schedule is available here or through your portal.
•  Please be sure to consult the Undergraduate Calendar on-line at  or through your portal.  This calendar is your guide regarding University rules and policy.  Section 11 contains the Schedule of all important dates and Section 16.1.6 conatins important information about dropping courses.

Why study philosophy?

Whether you wish to pursue a career in teaching and researching in philosophy or not, an undergraduate degree in philosophy is a good starting point to go into any number of professions or fields of graduate study, including law, government, medicine, and business. The study of philosophy enables you to acquire highly developed skills in assessment of viewpoints, argument analysis, articulacy in oral and written communication, skills in listening for the important points in any communication and a capacity to step back and look at the way in which thoughts and worldviews are framed.

Students wishing to pursue a graduate degree in Philosophy are normally expected to have completed an Honours degree in philosophy.

If you wish to study philosophy without meeting the high demands of an Honours degree in order to satisfy your interest in the discipline and acquire the intellectual skills associated with reading, writing and discussing philosophical issues, assessing assumptions and imagining alternative frameworks for viewing problems, the Major in philosophy will provide you the occasion to hone these abilities. The Major is designed to provide a sound, basic understanding of the major topics in, and historical periods of, philosophy..

A thorough training in philosophy includes detailed work in each of the following areas:

• epistemology (theory of knowledge), and metaphysics;
• logic, semantics, and philosophy of science;
• ethics and value theory;
• history of philosophy.

A Minor in philosophy entails requirements similar to the Major's but scaled down, thus giving more scope for elective courses.

Undergraduate Contacts

For more information on our undergraduate programs, or any concerns you have about your courses, please contact the Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Professor Sheila Mason, by e-mail or the Undergraduate Assistant, Mary Marciniak by e-mail or phone at (514) 848-2424, ext: 2500.

The Students of Philosophy Association , SoPhiA, represents undergraduate philosophy students at faculty meetings and organizes numerous  events related to philosophy at Concordia and at other Montreal universities.

The Student Exchange programme.  We encourage you to participate in our exchange program in philosophy at the University of Münster (Germany), for more information please contact the Student Exchange Coordinator.  You may also contact Concordia International for information about exchanges at other universities.